2020 Bandy World Championship

2020 Bandy World Championship

XLth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
City	Irkutsk
Dates	Division A: Cancelled Division B: 1–6 March 2020
Teams	Division A: 8 Division B: 10
Venue(s)	5 (in 2 host cities)

The 2020 Bandy World Championship was to be an international sports tournament between men's national teams among bandy playing nations. It was to be the fortieth Bandy World Championship. While the Division B tournament was held from 1 to 6 March 2020, the Division A tournament was postponed a number of times and finally cancelled on 1 March 2022.

The Division A tournament was supposed to be held from 29 March to 5 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Division A tournament was cancelled on 15 September 2020. The FIB later announced that the 2020 Division A tournament in Irkutsk would be finalised in October 2021, and the subsequent World Championship in Syktyvkar would be played in 2022. On 24 August 2021, Sweden announced its withdrawals from the competition, due to the continued threat of COVID-19. Finland and Norway had already made the same decisions earlier. Subsequently, on 30 August 2021, the FIB decided to postpone the championships once again, now to March - April 2022, which would be the 2022 Bandy World Championship.

Host selection

The 2019 tournament was originally supposed to be held in Irkutsk in Russia, but the decision was reconsidered due to a failure to meet the demands on an arena accepted for international play and the tournament was held in Vänersborg in Sweden instead.

For 2020, the new Arena Baikal will be ready for play, and therefore, this year's world championship will be held in Irkutsk. Some games will probably be played in surrounding cities too.

The last time the World Championship was held in Irkutsk, was in 2014.

Venues

• Syktyvkar – Ice Palace Arena

Qualified nations

Based on the nations taking part in the last world championship tournament and the qualification made there, the following nations were foreseen to participate.

Division A

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semifinals
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
4	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7th place game
4	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	A4
	B1
					A1
	A3
	B2
					A2				Third place

Quarterfinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Division B

2020–21 Bandy World Championship Division B

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	1–6 March 2020
Teams	10
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runner-up	Ukraine
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Mongolia
Tournament statistics
Games played	34
Goals scored	176 (5.18 per game)
Attendance	8,988 (264 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Linus Schellin (10 goals)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	4	4	0	0	17	3	+14	8	Quarterfinals
2	Ukraine	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	5
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	1	12	7	+5	4
4	Czech Republic	4	1	1	2	7	10	−3	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	4	2	21	−19	0	9th place game

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mongolia	4	4	0	0	18	1	+17	8	Quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	4	3	0	1	14	4	+10	6
3	Latvia	4	2	0	2	13	7	+6	4
4	Japan	4	1	0	3	11	6	+5	2
5	Somalia	4	0	0	4	0	38	−38	0	9th place game

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	4 March
	Hungary	4
					5 March
	Japan	1
					Hungary	5
	4 March
					Slovakia	0
	Netherlands	2
									6 March
	Slovakia	3
									Hungary	4
	4 March
									Ukraine	1
	Czech Republic	1
					5 March
	Mongolia	2
					Mongolia	1
	4 March
					Ukraine	3			Third place
	Ukraine	5
									6 March
	Latvia	1
									Slovakia	3
									Mongolia	2

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	5 March
	Japan	2 (1)
					6 March
	Netherlands (pen.)	2 (3)
					Netherlands (OT)	5
	5 March
					Latvia	4
	Czech Republic	1
	Latvia	3
					Seventh place
					6 March
					Japan	3
					Czech Republic	1

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Ninth place game

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Switzerland won 14–1 on aggregate.

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Hungary
2	Ukraine
3	Slovakia
4	Mongolia
5	Netherlands
6	Latvia
7	Japan
8	Czech Republic
9	Switzerland
10	Somalia

External links

• Official website